Membership Categories & Contributions

Operator Membership

Operator Membership is open to licensed mobile network operators using a GSM family technology. Each Member is assigned to one of 8 tiers based on the number of its wireless connections and its wireless revenue. Please contact membership@gsma.com for more information.

Industry Membership

The annual contribution for Industry Members is based on a company’s annual revenue in the previous year. Tiers of annual revenue have been set with corresponding levels of contributions:

Membership Tier *Reported Annual Turnover Figure in USD Annual Contribution in USD
Tier 6 0 – 50 million 14,306
Tier 5 50 – 100 million 19,809
Tier 4 100 – 250 million 34,115
Tier 3 250 – 500 million 68,230
Tier 2 500 – 700 million 102,345
Tier 1 >700 million  136,460

* based on your organisation’s latest reported annual turnover figure

Rapporteur Membership

The annual contribution for Rapporteur Members is based on a company’s annual revenue in the previous year. Tiers of annual revenue have been set with corresponding levels of contributions:

Membership Tier *Reported Annual Turnover Figure in USD Annual Contribution in USD
Tier 6 0 – 50 million 19,960
Tier 5 50 – 100 million 25,355
Tier 4 100 – 250 million 45,854
Tier 3 250 – 500 million 81,458
Tier 2 500 – 700 million  124,614
Tier 1 >700 million 161,297

* based on your organisation’s latest reported annual turnover figure

Sector Membership

The annual contribution for Sector Members is based on the Sector Member’s revenue in the previous year. Bands of annual revenue have been set with corresponding levels of contribution and a Sector Member can engage in a single activity or GSMA Working Group.

Tiers of annual revenue have been set with corresponding levels of contributions as follows:

Membership Tier *Reported Annual Turnover Figure in USD Annual Contribution in GBP
Tier 2 <1 billion £ 4,725
Tier 1 >1 billion £ 9,450

* based on your organisation’s latest reported annual turnover figure

Please contact membership@gsma.com for more information.